:Tex Vache

{{Short description|American baseball player (1888–1953)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Tex Vache

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|11|17}}

| birth_place = Santa Monica, California

| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|6|11|1888|11|17}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 16

| debutyear = {{By|1925}}

| debutteam = Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 22

| finalyear = {{By|1925}}

| finalteam = Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Games played

| stat1value = 110

| stat2label = Batting average

| stat2value = .313

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 48

| teams =

}}

Ernest Lewis "Tex" Vache (November 17, 1888 – June 11, 1953) was an American professional baseball player.

Biography

Vache was born November 17, 1888, in Santa Monica, California. It took him until the age of 36 to reach the Major Leagues. On April 16, {{By|1925}}, Vache made his Major League debut for the Boston Red Sox. Throughout the year, Vache played 110 games.

His final game was September 22 that year; it was his only season in Major League Baseball, despite hitting .313 for the season.

Vache died 28 years later on June 11, 1953, in Los Angeles, California. He was 64 years old.

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